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YouTube Gold: Iowa Rising
You may have noticed that over the last few years, we really have pushed Ben McCollum. He was the John Wooden of D-II ball, racking up Final Fours and national championships like no one’s business. Last year, at Drake, he won the MVC regular season championship and the the tournament as well, finishing 31-4. This […]
Duke Bites Down On Baylor, 69-46, Moves On To Sweet 16
They say payback is hell, and it was for Baylor Sunday afternoon as Duke took the Bears to the woodshed, 69-46, and will play in the Sweet 16 next weekend. You’ll recall that Duke and Baylor opened the season in Paris, with the Bears winning 58-52. Obviously, things were very different this time. The Blue […]
Note To TCU Fans: It Wasn’t The Officiating
As Duke fans have come to expect, after losing to the Blue Devils on Saturday, TCU fans are blaming the officiating. Do they have a case? There were certainly some bad calls. First, there was the flagrant foul on Tanner Toolson. There’s a good argument that he just acted reflexively to protect himself. We can […]
DBR Podcast #812 – Taking Care of TCU
It wasn’t nearly as easy as the final score indicated but the Blue Devils roll on to the Sweet 16 by sending TCU home with a dominant second half performance. The Duke Basketball Roundup breaks down the way Duke flipped the switch and dominated the Horned Frogs over the final 16 minutes of the game. Defense, […]
Notes On Friday’s 2026 NCAA Tournament Action
Most of Friday’s NCAA tournament games were not that close. Duke beat TCU by 23, Michigan took out Saint Louis by 23 also, Houston took out Texas A&M by 31, Michigan State handled Louisville by 18, and Illinois smacked Louisville by 21. We’ll come back to those. The other three games were really good: Texas […]
Sunday’s March Madness Links Run
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Twitter Gold: Vandy Heartbreak
There have been some great games in this year’s NCAA Tournament, and some thrilling buzzer beaters, notably Kentucky’s win over Santa Clara. There is always heartbreak too, and nothing is much more heartbreaking than what happened to Vanderbilt Saturday. The Commodores were down 74-72 as time was running out. Tyler Tanner got close to half […]
Duke Gigs TCU, 81-58, Moves On To 2026 Sweet 16
As you saw, TCU wanted to get physical with Duke, and that worked – until it didn’t. This game was tied 44-44 with 13:56 to play, and the Blue Devils outscored the Horned Frogs 37-14 to win, 81-58. However, it wasn’t as easy as the score would suggest. Jamie Dixon has a good team with […]
Notes On Friday’s 2026 NCAA Tournament Action
Friday was another great night of NCAA Tournament basketball, but let’s start the review with two ACC stories. First, as expected, Georgia Tech has hired Troy’s Scott Cross. He’s a quality coach, but you hope he’s negotiated for better resources. There’s no reason whatsoever why a school in Atlanta shouldn’t be a huge factor in […]
Saturday’s March Madness Links Run
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What’s Next For UNC?
Update – Matt Norlander is reporting that support for Hubert Davis has evaporated, and the donors will no longer back him. However, they are willing to break with the UNC family, and will pay big money for an established, successful coach. If you poke around a bit online after UNC’s loss to VCU, you’ll find […]
Twitter Gold: Eddie Munyak’s Moment Of Triumph
Every year, the NCAA Tournament leaves huge moments in our memory. Most of them are epic shots like the one that Otega Oweh hit for Kentucky or, going back, the one Christian Laettner hit against the Wildcats in 1992. We still talk about that one. There are also often lovely, small moments that resonate too. […]
Patrick Ngongba Update: Will He Play Saturday Against TCU?
Although there’s certainly nothing official, Duke Coach Jon Scheyer now says that he is “hopeful” that center Patrick Ngongba can play Saturday. They’re going to have him practice Friday afternoon, and if he can handle that, he should play Saturday. Obviously there’s a lot to deal with between now and then, and the trainers and […]
Duke Runs Past Charleston, Baylor Up Next In Round 2 Of The 2026 NCAA Tournament
Duke took care of Charleston today with relative ease, winning 81-64, behind 24 points from Toby Fournier. The Blue Devils did a lot of things right. They got rebounds (47-39), outscored Charleston in the lane, 44-20, and got a lot out of the bench (24 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists). However, they fouled the […]
Next Up – TCU
Duke will face TCU in round two of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, and it won’t be an easy win. Of course, neither was Siena, but the two teams shouldn’t be confused. Siena significantly outplayed the Blue Devils in the first half of that game, but in the second, we saw the Blue Devils mostly […]
DBR Bites #154 – How To Give The Frogs The Horns
The Duke Blue Devils have advanced to the 2nd Round of the NCAA Tournament, and awaiting them are the Texas Christian Horned Frogs. We preview the matchup on DBR Bites #154. TCU has a stellar resume for a 9 seed, beating some top teams and hanging with some others. We talk about why they’ve been […]
Notes On Thursday’s 2026 NCAA Tournament Action
The opening day of the NCAA Tournament – First Four aside, since those are basically play-in games – did not disappoint. First, Siena played magnificently against #1 seed Duke, shocking the Blue Devils in the first half and totally outperforming them until the second half, when the Blue Devils finally got going. Howard punched above […]
Friday’s March Madness Links Run
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Regrettably, It’s Time For A Change In Chapel Hill
Like a lot of Duke fans, watching UNC blow a 19-point second-half lead was surreal and frankly, we enjoyed it. We’re sure many of our Duke Blue brethren and cistern (old Southern joke, relax) did as well. It’s always fun to watch your rival fail. Until it isn’t. Say what? Well, this is what we’re […]
Twitter Gold – High Point’s Moment Of Glory
One of Charles Barkley’s best lines of all time was when he said, “you know things have changed when the best golfer is black and the best rapper is white,” referring to Tiger Woods and Eminem. You could also say that things have changed when High Point goes further in the NCAA tournament than UNC. […]
DBR Podcast #811 – Surviving Sienna!
How is your heart rate? The Duke Basketball Roundup is here to talk you down off the ledge from a nerve-wracking opening NCAA tourney game against the 16-seeded Sienna Saints. It was a tale of two halves as Duke looked nothing like a top seed in the opening 20 but then found their way in […]
Duke Survives Siena In The First Round Of the 2026 NCAA Tournament, 71-65
First: Hats off to Siena for a magnificent effort. It would be hard to be more impressed with what that team did. And second, hats off to Duke for getting things together after a disastrous first half to win, 71-65. This is about as high a compliment as we can give Siena after that first […]
DBR’s Picks For The First Round Of The 2026 NCAA Tournament
Picking brackets is an annual humiliation, but we’ve put it off long enough. Let’s go get embarrassed! Well, sort of. We usually go round-by-round, because picking the whole thing is an exercise in futility. However, here are our Final Four picks: Duke, Houston, Arizona and Iowa State. We didn’t post our picks for the First […]
Thursday’s March Madness Links Run
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